Ajahn Mun's biography was written by his disciple and I remember it features him seeing the Buddha in a vision. Just for the record, I take these kinds of things with a mountain of salt. The Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron, when comparing the Pali and Sanskrit traditions' views on the parinirvana of...

Caodemarte wrote:In case anybody else is interested in this old topic, there are several groups with different roots , some that look legitimate and some that don't, that now call themselves Won Buddhists.

Simon E. wrote:Well maybe I am just thick, but I still don't see what the thread is for.
Is there anyone reading this who does not know how conservative protestant Christianity sees Buddhism ?
They think that Buddhists are eternally damned...So ?

(Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is profaning Buddhism by suggesting that he will not be reincarnated when he dies, the Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said on Monday, in some of China's strongest comments to date on the subject.

I hear it said that suffering is a Mark of Existence along with impermanence and non-self. To me, it's like putting an orange with two apples. Thich Nhat Hanh, in his The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching , would agree. He argues that the Theravada emphasis upon the Three Marks of Existence (impermane...

I would like to find a book (or even an online source) that deals with the "christological" aspects of Shin Buddhism, such as - The question of the literal importance of a real, historical Monk Dharmakara (regardless of the question of his distance from us in time and space or dimension). Issues re...

Incidentally, I've compiled a chronology in table format detailing the development of occidental astrology and its introduction into India and East Asia. See the following: https://sites.google.com/site/dharmadepository/buddhist-astrology/chronology-of-occidental-astrology-in-ea" onclick="window.op...

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